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Just Picked Up A Glock 23
Stylishxone767
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I am interested in aftermarket recoil springs and I found my way to the Wollf website. I was confused as to what to buy. There are so many different spring weights that I dont know what to get. I would like to reduce the recoil but I dont want to sacrafice reliability. Any suggestions as to what I should buy?
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Seriously though, I would only change if you are shooting hotter or lighter loads than factory ammo, or if the spring is old, just get a replacement that is the same weight as the orignal. That should be the most reliable setup
As I understand it, if you are shooting +p ammo, a heavier spring will absorb a little more of the recoil, and extend the life, but it will decrease reliablilty for normal loads. If are shooting lighter loads, you may need a lighter spring because the stock or heavy spring don't allow the action to cycle fully.
In my experience, changing the spring doesn't change the felt recoil in a big way for normal ammo.
It looks like the stock spring is 18 lbs. You can buy the calibration packs that have several spring weights that will let you experiment with different springs and ammo. You can see if you can feel a difference in recoil, and make sure your ammo still cycles.
Well I will see how I like it stock first. I dont think the .40 caliber cartridge comes in +p loads and I dont plan on shooting anything other then 180 bullets so I will see how it goes.
They might not be rated +P, but there are some that are much hotter than other's, and they will take an effect on the spring. The loads I speak of are from DoubleTap, where they are running a 180 at 1100fps, and a 200 at 1000fps.
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First of all, the effect on felt recoil of just swapping SPRINGS is fairly minimal. If you're trying to change the felt recoil of your gun, you should be looking at:
a. Changing which LOADS you run through your gun. This is the single most important factor in recoil. In general, lighter bullet weights yield lower recoil.
b. Making sure the gun fits your hand perfectly, to spread out recoil shock over the greatest possible surface area. Rubber grip sleeve can help here.
In terms of springs, what you want are the appropriate weight springs for the loads you are going to run through your gun, period. Springs can't change the fundamental recoil of a given load, which is proportionate to the mass of the projectile x its velocity. All they can do is affect how fast the slide moves during recoil.
Too LIGHT of a spring, and the slide will strike the frame a bit faster than it ought to, potentially contributing to wear and tear on the gun. This slide-frame strike can be felt in the recoil impulse.
Too HEAVY of a spring, and the gun might not cycle correctly. Note that there is no free lunch here. A heavier spring will make the slide go back slower, but it will also make the slide RETURN faster, and when the slide snaps back into battery, there is a second recoil jolt there as well.
For any given load, there is probably a range of spring weights that could work to cycle the gun reliably, but I doubt you're going to notice all that much of a difference in felt recoil between them.
Within the range of function, All ELSE being equal, I think heavier springs are better than lighter ones since they have more "room" to wear out over time, and since they should help reduce slide-frame battering to a minimum. But this pre-supposes that you're only going to run one bullet weight through your gun.
For many shooters, a "compromise" spring weight may be better since it will be more reliable over a wider range of bullet weights and velocities.
mr glock knew what he was doing and yo havent even shot it yet
Why do you feel the need to change the spring? I have been shooting my two Glocks for years and never had a problem with the factory designed springs.[;)]
If it ain't broke...